The popular Swedish reality television series 'Married at First Sight' is set to return for its thirteenth season, with the autumn edition titled 'Married at First Sight - In Winter Attire' premiering on October 2nd on SVT. This marks the second time the program will air during the fall season, expanding the show's traditional broadcast schedule and offering viewers additional content beyond the usual spring installment.

A significant development for this season is the introduction of psychologist Katarina Blom as one of the four relationship experts who will guide participants through their marital journeys. Blom joins the existing panel of specialists, bringing fresh psychological perspectives to the matchmaking process. In a press release, she expressed her hope to make psychology and therapy more accessible and useful in both viewers' and participants' daily lives, emphasizing psychology as a powerful tool for personal transformation.

The season features eight singles who will marry complete strangers at first sight, with the cast consisting of five men and three women forming four couples. The participants come from various professional backgrounds and locations across Sweden, including Malin Strömbäck, a 34-year-old treatment pedagogue from Norrköping; Patrik Stovell, a 38-year-old gym owner from Kungsbacka; and Tobias Branning, a 35-year-old customer service group manager from Helsingborg.

Other contestants include Abtin Jahani, a 36-year-old radiologic nurse from Gothenburg; Jimmy Erlandsson, a 40-year-old border trade regional manager from Strömstad; and Hanna Bergenholtz, a 32-year-old home care coordinator from Halmstad. The expert panel supporting these couples through their unconventional marital beginnings also includes matchmaking expert Lemarc Thomas making a comeback, alongside psychologist Fredric Bohm and Suzann Larsdotter, a specialist in clinical sexology.

A Swedish court has convicted six individuals for their involvement in the murder of a 41-year-old gang leader in the Berga district of Linköping during the summer of 2024. The Linköping District Court delivered verdicts in the case, which involved eight defendants originally charged with participation in the killing. The court established that the murder was carried out according to a criminal plan orchestrated by members of an organized crime network based in the Berga area.

The victim was fatally shot in a public space near Berga Church in Linköping on August 13, 2024. Multiple gunshots struck the man in his back and head during the daylight incident, which occurred near residential buildings and a playground. Several members of the public witnessed the shooting, adding to the evidence presented during the trial.

Court proceedings revealed that a 14-year-old boy fired the fatal shots that killed the gang leader. The teenager, who has admitted to the killing, was not prosecuted due to being below the age of criminal responsibility under Swedish law. Instead, prosecutors focused on the eight older individuals allegedly involved in planning and facilitating the murder, all of whom had denied the charges against them.

Evidence presented by prosecutors included extensive documentation of movement patterns through surveillance footage, GPS data from electric scooters, and mobile phone analysis. The court determined the victim had been lured to the crime scene under the pretense of a drug transaction, with communication occurring through a special Snapchat account and a dedicated mobile phone later found buried in nearby woods. Six of the eight defendants were found guilty, with two receiving life sentences for murder while others were convicted of aiding the killing.